PRESENTATION: Artistic March to Prespes-walking with ideas and images
On Friday, January 9th, 2025, from 18:00 to 21:00, the Institute of Contemporary Greek Art will host the interactive event Artistic March to Prespes: walking with ideas and images.
The Artistic March to Prespes is a process that has been taking place since 2007 in the Prespes region. It organizes artistic actions in Prespes that explore the landscape, history, culture, and ecological dimension of the area, in dialogue with its local particularities.
For the period 2025–2027, the Artistic March to Prespes is the coordinating partner of Walking Arts and Local Communities (WALC), which will establish Prespes as an International Center for Walking Art.*
The organizer of the Artistic March to Prespes is the 1st Painting Studio of the Department of Fine and Applied Arts (TEEΤ). The coordinator of the process is Yiannis Ziogas, painter and Professor (TEEΤ), head of the 1st Painting Studio of the Department.
The presentation of the Artistic March at the Institute of Contemporary Greek Art will have an interactive character, with narratives, screenings, and talks on Art and Walking.
The multifaceted nature of the project will be presented in three sections: the ideas it has activated, the communities and people involved in this unique Prespes context, and the international networks developed through the implementation of the Artistic March.
The presentation will unfold in three parts:
1st Section: Is Walking Art?
Screening of a documentary by Christos Ioannidis.
2nd Section: The Artistic March — the framework of ideas, images, and practices
Moderator: Dr. Aspasia Voudouri, University of West Attica
Participants:
- Yiannis Ziogas, Painter, Professor, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, School of Fine Arts, University of Western Macedonia
- Faye Tzanetoulakou, Art Historian, AICA International
- Panagiotis Dafiotis, Assistant Professor, Department of Fine and Applied Arts, School of Fine Arts, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
3rd Section: Experiential conditions of a Place (up to 3‑minute narratives, teasers, discussion with the audience)
Moderator: Nikos Patsavos, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Ioannina
Participants:
- Leonidas Gkelos (visual artist),
- Hero Grigoriadi (artist),
- Nikos Theodoropoulos (Historian, PhD Candidate, NKUA),
- Vasilis Ioakeimidis (digital artist),
- Sophia Kyriakou (visual artist)
- Nora Lefa (digital artist, Associate Professor, Department of Fine Arts and Art Sciences, University of Ioannina),
- Iason Palyvos (visual artist)
- Aimilia Siafarika (artist),
- Vasiliki Sangioti (visual artist).
Artistic March to Prespes
http://visualmarch.eetf.uowm.gr/
https://icowaf.eetf.uowm.gr/2025/
https://walctogether.eu/
Email: visualmarch@gmail.com
* WALC is a Creative Europe program co‑funded by the European Union and implemented by the following partners:
- Artistic March to Prespes (lead partner – University of Western Macedonia, Greece),
- walk · listen · create (WLC, Belgium),
- PT of the University of Minho (UMINHO, Portugal),
- Nau Côclea Center for Contemporary Creation (Catalonia, Spain),
- Association Temps Réel (Gigacircus, France),
- and Action Synergy SA (Greece).
- Artistic coordinators of WALC are Geert Vermeire (WLC) and Yiannis Ziogas (UoWM).
Info: Institute of Contemporary Greek Art, Valtetsiou 9a, Athens, Greece, Date 9/1/2025, Hours 18:00-21:00, https://www.iset.gr/